Word.ws English Dictionary

played one's cards right

played one's cards right is the simple past and past participle of play one's cards right.

Meaning of play one's cards right

Verb

play one's cards right (third-person singular simple present plays one's cards right, present participle playing one's cards right, simple past and past participle played one's cards right)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To act correctly; to make the right moves.
    • If you play your cards right, you'll get the promotion you've been waiting for.

Questions about played one's cards right

What is played one's cards right the simple past and past participle of?
Played one's cards right is the simple past and past participle of play one's cards right.

Words near played one's cards right in the dictionary

  1. played Old Harry
  2. played Old Harry with
  3. played on
  4. played on someone's heartstrings
  5. played one against another
  6. played one's cards right
  7. played one's cards well
  8. played one's guts out
  9. played one's hand right
  10. played one's part
  11. played out

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: played one's cards right (page history and authors); play one's cards right (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “played one's cards right.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/played_one%27s_cards_right. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.